What Are Jules Verne’s Books Doing In Space?

Finally it’s happening for real. Jules Verne’s books are about to be literally sent into the future. The European Space Agency (ESA) is sending three of his works to it space station ISS.

Space agency ESA is sending two original copies of Jules Verne’s works about space in sealed plastic bags to its ISS space station, as well as a 19th century luxerious edition of his book From Earth To The Moon.

Incidentally, Verne wrote this book exactly 100 years before humans first launched moon exploration trips. The story is quite prophetic of what is currently being undertaken by ESA’s work; members of the American Canon Club think of a way to send a projectile to the moon. A French member, called Michel Ardan, says he’ll crawl inside the bullet to travel to space.

ESA’s current space mission dubbed Jules Verne is underway full swing in Turin. “The space ship is not a bullet, but the very first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) which transports 180 kilos of freight, including spare parts for the European Space lab Columbus”, says Dutch newspaper De Dag.

The paper brands the books ‘pr literature’. It makes you wonder whether this is a stunt or whether the space explorers really believe that they will find readers?

Whatever the reason for taking the books on the trip, the astronauts have promised to make sure they return safely to earth by the time they finalize their work on the ISS station. The works are the property of the library of the French town Armiens Metrople, the little city where good ole Jules hailed from.